Bland playlisting

2009/7/17 Christopher England <(Address removed)>:

Talking of bland playlisting, how's this for filling 30 minutes:

Sex as a Weapon = Pat Benatar

Good song

Waterfront = Simple Minds

OK, but durgy

Control Myself = Maroon 5

Durgy

Heartache Tonight = The Eagles

Not one of their best

It ain't over till it's over = Lenny Kravitz

Great song!

Barbara Ann = Beach Boys

Good song

So, all oldies, all mainly singles.  But, which radio station?

Strange mixture though ..... Let me guess – "Radio Caroline"
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In article <f61016a41b54356c9dc7d2f6a5ffd820@jiglu-wc>, (Address removed) (Christopher England) wrote:

Talking of bland playlisting, how's this for filling 30 minutes:

Sex as a Weapon = Pat Benatar

Hmmmm time for bed

Waterfront = Simple Minds

Never understood the appeal

Control Myself = Maroon 5

Erm

Heartache Tonight = The Eagles

Isn't that country

It ain't over till it's over = Lenny Kravitz

He's great live

Barbara Ann = Beach Boys

OK after a few and at a Kari kroke night

So, all oldies, all mainly singles. But, which radio station?

I think I know the answer cos you posted it LOL

But being serious, if it floats someone's boat (DOH), then good. But not for me, to old.

Eric



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In article <6A59DBA6FC65476DAC465EDF4E811357@video2>, (Address removed) (Alan Milewczyk) wrote:

GREAT ANSWER Alan – to me more should be able to laugh as we do :-) Might just make for better radio.

Regards
Eric

And now from the other end of the spectrum...

I only know the Pat Benatar, Eagles and Beach Boys tracks. No idea of
the others. I suspect they're going to be far too new for me, LOL.

Alan

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From: Eric Wiltsher

To: (Address removed)

Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 12:39 AM

Subject: Re: [Anorak Nation] Bland playlisting

In article <f61016a41b54356c9dc7d2f6a5ffd820@jiglu-wc>,
(Address removed) (Christopher England) wrote:> > Talking

of

bland playlisting, how's this for filling 30 minutes:

Sex as a Weapon = Pat Benatar>

Hmmmm time for bed> > Waterfront = Simple Minds>
Never understood the appeal> > Control Myself = Maroon 5>
Erm> > Heartache Tonight = The Eagles>
Isn't that country> > It ain't over till it's over = Lenny Kravitz>
He's great live> > Barbara Ann = Beach Boys>
OK after a few and at a Kari kroke night> > So, all oldies, all

mainly

singles. But, which radio station?>
I think I know the answer cos you posted it LOL

But being serious, if it floats someone's boat (DOH), then good. But

not

Careful, you'll get slagged off by the Caroline Obsessives.

Ok, here's another half hour of bland oldies radio:

Welcome To The Jungle – Guns 'N' Roses
Common People – Pulp
Heaven Is A Place On Earth – Belinda Carlisle
Holiday – Madonna
Ooh Wee – Mark Ronson

So, which station played these in a half-hour sequence, and recalling the previous lot, which station played them?

Was it the same station, or two different stations?

Both samples are taken from morningish time.

Come on, let's get guessing. Smooth? Magic? Real? Capital? "Radio Caroline", Jackie?

Should we have a prize for he/she who gets it correctly?

So then, what about the latest sample I posted?

Sigh. I thought there were radio experts here who'd instantly be able to tell me the name of a station from its playlist!

Christopher England <(Address removed)> said:

So then, what about the latest sample I posted?

Sigh. I thought there were radio experts here who'd instantly be able
to tell me the name of a station from its playlist!

It all seems to have been manufactured by "Quaker", so I'll guess it's R2.

To summarise the two emails I posted.

There's two different 30 minute sweeps, taken from morningish times, from two different days.

Sweep One:
Sex as a Weapon = Pat Benatar
Waterfront = Simple Minds
Control Myself = Maroon 5
Heartache Tonight = The Eagles
It ain't over till it's over = Lenny Kravitz
Barbara Ann = Beach Boys

Sweep Two:
Welcome To The Jungle = Guns 'N' Roses
Common People = Pulp
Heaven Is A Place On Earth = Belinda Carlisle
Holiday = Madonna
Ooh Wee = Mark Ronson

So, which radio station(s) played these songs? Both sweeps may be from the same radio station, or may be from different radio stations.

I'll think of a crappy prize for anybody who gets it in the next 12 hours or so, heh heh.

Christopher England <(Address removed)> said:

Both samples are taken from morningish time.

It must be Radio Caroline then. It was in the morningish when you decided you hated them

Christopher England <(Address removed)> said:

I'll think of a crappy prize for anybody who gets it in the next 12
hours or so, heh heh.

A MW transmitter for 531Khz

No, I don't think there was a specific time when I decided I hated "Radio Caroline".

Mornings just happen to have been when I took the two samples.

Can't you deduce from the songs played which station played them, rather than jumping to (possibly wrong) conclusions?

Christopher England <(Address removed)> said:

No, I don't think there was a specific time when I decided I hated
"Radio Caroline".

When you started a thread 'Radio Caroline is still radio borderline' you said you listened for half an hour in the morning and decided you hated it.

Mornings just happen to have been when I took the two samples.

Can't you deduce from the songs played which station played them, rather
than jumping to (possibly wrong) conclusions?

I'd had my radios taken away, so I dunno. I've got them back now :-) but I can't guess, cos lots of stations play music like that. I'll have a think.

And btw, why you hate Johnnie Walker? He used to play new stuff on his Radio 2 show (if only it came back so he werent restricted to just 70s stuff)

I hated the experience of listening to unadventurous oldies, tired old standard radio presentation and obvious segues* with voices that sounded like they were reading Pathe newscasts from the 1960s.

* But why do all radio stations have to bloody segue the songs? What's that about?

And btw, why you hate Johnnie Walker?

Nothing personal really, I just find his ego far greater that Simon Cowell's and don't like his smarmy sounding voice. I also object to convicted criminals like him (a cocaine user that allegedly tried to sell drugs to journalists) getting any form of recognition (an MBE) for doing nothing compared to the tens of thousands in this country that actually made a difference. Maybe it helped to be Tony Blair's mate, I dunno. I object to the proven lies in his book and his attempts to re-write history in his favour.

But apart from that, I'm cool with him.

Christopher England <(Address removed)> said:

Can't you deduce from the songs played which station played them, rather
than jumping to (possibly wrong) conclusions?

How about "swinging" Radio One?

Terry

Are you saying both sweeps are from Radio One?

So, so far, we've got one vote for "Radio Caroline", one vote for Radio One, one for Radio Two, and one vote for "nudge nudge wink wink we know which station you mean Chris".

C'mon guys. I thought we had experts here!

Christopher England <(Address removed)> said:

I object to the proven lies in his book and his attempts to
re-write history in his favour.

What proven lies? What are they? I'm not saying they're not, just interested to know.



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I'll have a go and say all of the Magic network. because no matter where you are or what time you listen to a Magic station you will probably hear those songs for at least a month in different order.

Christopher England <(Address removed)> said:

Talking of bland playlisting, how's this for filling 30 minutes:

Sex as a Weapon = Pat Benatar
Waterfront = Simple Minds
Control Myself = Maroon 5
Heartache Tonight = The Eagles
It ain't over till it's over = Lenny Kravitz
Barbara Ann = Beach Boys

So, all oldies, all mainly singles. But, which radio station?

definately not Gold, cos its got some modern ones in there. Maroon 5 aint oldies.